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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Athletics general manager Billy Beane had hoped to acquire some pitching help before the trade deadline. He settled for shoring up his infield with switch-hitting Alberto Callaspo. Callaspo, a third baseman with the Los Angeles Angels, immediately fills a hole at second base in Oakland and gives the As some much-needed depth around the rest of their infield. "We needed some infield help, particularly somebody who could help swing it from the right side," said Beane, not long before the As were shut out by the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Tuesday night. "We needed some help on the right side swinging. Thats become noticeable over the last month or so." Unable to land Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy, who went to Boston in a three-team trade with Detroit, the As traded for Callaspo for minor league infielder Grant Green in a deal that was completed while both teams were still playing. Callaspo was removed from the Angels game against the Texas Rangers after the fourth inning on Tuesday night. Green was a late scratch from Triple-A Sacramentos lineup. Callaspo has played 217 games at second base during his career but none since 2010. Hes been the Angels primary third baseman since then, batting .253 with five home runs and 36 RBIs in 86 games this season. "I spoke to Alberto tonight and mentioned the fact that hes going to be over there," Beane said of second base. "The good thing is hes played a lot of it in the past but theres no question theres been a little bit of a void the last couple of years." The As have had their own void at second base. Jed Lowrie, who has 73 starts at shortstop this season, played second base Tuesday to give light-hitting Eric Sogard a break. Sogard is hitting .268 with two home runs and 19 RBIs. Oaklands lineup definitely could use a boost after being blanked by Mark Buehrle and two relievers. Buehrle allowed five hits over seven innings while Jose Bautista and Emilio Bonifacio each homered to help the Blue Jays end the As four-game winning streak. Dan Straily (6-5) lost his third straight decision, giving up five runs -- two earned -- on six hits. He walked two and struck out two. "You saw some two-strike hits, which means he probably wasnt as precise as he needs to be, especially when hes ahead," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of Straily. "Then he got some balls over the middle of the plate. Thats a ballclub ... you have to be on top of your game, and that just wasnt the case tonight." Derek Norris had two hits for the As. Buehrle (7-7) extended his scoreless innings streak to 20, did not walk a batter and struck out two. He retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced five days after tossing a two-hit shutout against the Houston Astros. Blue Jays right-hander Steve Delabar struck out the side in the eighth on nine pitches and leads all AL relievers with 70 strikeouts. 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Underperforming batsmen and an untimely calf flare-up to Steve OKeefe have complicated matters further for Australias interim selection panel on the eve of an especially tense squad announcement for the Adelaide Test.The acting chairman of selectors, Trevor Hohns, is expected to name a 13-man squad for the day/night match on Sunday afternoon, underlining the uncertainty surrounding Australian cricket on the back of five consecutive defeats, and two in a row at home for the first time since the fateful Ashes summer of 2010-11.While the youthful trio of Peter Handscomb, Matt Renshaw and Travis Dean all put their names in lights with centuries, Joe Burns and Callum Ferguson completed double failures in the Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and South Australia at the Gabba to slip further towards the precipice.Of equal concern for the panel is the fact that OKeefe is believed to have suffered a flaring of an ongoing calf problem on day three of the New South Wales v Victoria encounter at the SCG. He had been favoured to return to the Test XI in place of the incumbent Nathan Lyon, who has struck a horrid wicket drought at the worst possible time.OKeefes injury prognosis may also have a knock-on effect for the wicketkeepers Peter Nevill and Matthew Wade. While the Australians are eager for the lower-order heft that Wade could provide, his inferior glovework, particularly to Lyon, may yet play in Nevills favour. A third spin option, Jon Holland, has bowled well for Victoria at the SCG.Another name, not seen in lights for some time, is that of Sam WWhiteman, the Western Australia wicketkeeper.dddddddddddd A half-century and century against Tasmania at the WACA Ground met yet cause his name, too, to be discussed in the stumpers stakes.The elegant New South Wales left-hander Kurtis Patterson did his chances no harm with a well-constructed 55 for his state on Saturday. Patterson and Handscomb would likely slot into the places vacated by Ferguson and the concussed Adam Voges.Renshaw and Dean, two players not considered particularly fashionable in terms of physique or method, both place a high premium on batting time, a quality badly missing in Australias recent defeats. Another possible choice, though less likely, is Victorias Marcus Harris, who moved from Western Australia at the start of the season to good effect - only Handscomb is ahead of him on the national aggregates.Among the pace bowlers to support Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, the South Australia pair of Chadd Sayers and Daniel Worrall are in the selectors thoughts, as is Jackson Bird. Like his fellow Redback Ferguson, Joe Mennie may yet find himself on the outer after only one Test - a further measure of how much things have changed in the course of a single fractious week.Possible squad Steven Smith (capt), Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Kurtis Patterson, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade (wk), Steve OKeefe, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Daniel Worrall/Chadd Sayers. ' ' '